Butler vs Harvel

A side-by-side comparison of Butler and Harvel: population, income, housing, and more.

Butler and Harvel are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Harvel has the higher population (254 vs 247 in Butler). Harvel has the higher median household income ($63,500 vs $62,869 in Butler). Butler has the higher median home value ($83,400 vs $50,800 in Harvel).

Population, income & housing

	Butler	Harvel
Population	247	254
Median age	35.6 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,869	$63,500
Median home value	$83,400	$50,800
Median gross rent	—	$730
Housing units	130	113
Homeownership rate	73.9%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butler	Harvel
Population	262 → 247 (-5.7%)	334 → 254 (-24.0%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $62,869 (+47.9%)	$57,917 → $63,500 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$65,500 → $83,400 (+27.3%)	$48,800 → $50,800 (+4.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$675 → $730 (+8.1%)

Butler

Population

262247

Median household income

$42,500$62,869

Median home value

$65,500$83,400

Harvel

Population

334254

Median household income

$57,917$63,500

Median home value

$48,800$50,800

Median gross rent

$675$730

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butler	Harvel
Under 5	0.8%	9.4%
5 to 17	22.7%	15.0%
18 to 24	0.8%	10.2%
25 to 34	5.7%	18.1%
35 to 44	44.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	4.9%	14.2%
55 to 64	7.7%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.5%	7.5%
75 and over	4.0%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butler	Harvel
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	76.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	17.4%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	23.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butler	Harvel
No high school diploma	4.3%	21.1%
High school graduate	56.1%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butler	Harvel
Drove alone	97.9%	93.5%
Carpooled	0.7%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butler	Harvel
1-unit, detached	86.9%	95.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Butler	Harvel
Poverty rate	4.9%	22.8%
Average household size	2.15	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	29	37
Median year structure built	1938	1951